MENV Marketing and Enrollment Graduate Student Assistant

The Masters of the Environment (MENV) Graduate Program at the University of Colorado Boulder is an interdisciplinary professional master’s degree that equips students with the knowledge, skills, and experience necessary to address complex environmental challenges in the 21st century. 

The MENV program prepares students to become leaders in a wide range of industries, including consulting, planning, energy, natural resources, sustainability, and more. Through a comprehensive approach to professional education, MENV students learn to understand and address, through a systems lens, the human dimensions of environmental challenges.   

Students simultaneously gain valuable professional experience working with an external client organization embedded within a natural, scientific, and entrepreneurial ecosystem that is unrivaled anywhere in the world.   

What We Are Seeking:   

The MENV Graduate Program is seeking a self-starter with relevant professional experience and an excellent creative eye to help support student marketing and enrollment efforts. The Marketing and Enrollment Graduate Assistant will report directly to the Enrollment and Marketing Manager. 

What Your Responsibilities Will Be:  

Marketing and Media Tasks (60%)  

Social Media Management  

• Post 2-3 posts each week on all MENV social media platforms, including but not limited to Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn  

• Create engaging content for all MENV social media platforms  

• Manage MENV social media platforms (respond to direct messages, comment on posts where MENV is tagged, repost content pertinent to MENV, etc) 

Marketing  

• Work closely with Enrollment and Marketing Manager to create new campaigns for MENV’s marketing vendor  

Content Creation 

• Continue to build photo and video content database  

• Individually create or collaborate with other students to create MENV web content such as articles/blogs, videos, etc. 

• Take photos and videos at MENV events  

• Providing recommendations for website updates 

 Enrollment (25%) 

Calls, Emails, Meetings  

• Conduct a minimum of two weekly phone calls with prospective students either via phone or Zoom 

• Respond to prospective students' emails in a timely manner  

• Participate in in-person prospective student meetings  

• Participate in weekly hour-long Enrollment and Marketing team meetings (Enrollment and Marketing Manager and other student)  

Events  

• Support in the execution of all student recruitment events (information sessions, Open House, Admitted Students’ Weekend, etc.) 

• Develop content for and conduct in-person and virtual information sessions  

• Present the MENV program to prospective students at CU/other local campuses, in person or virtually   

Admitted Student Onboarding  

• Work to create processes and resources to successfully onboard newly admitted students 

• Creation of housing, tuition, health, etc. PDFs distributed to admitted students  

• Management of Fall 20xx Slack channel 

 Shared Responsibilities (10%)  

What You Will Need 

• A creative eye and an attention to detail 

• Knowledge of how to adhere to brand guidelines  

• Excellent organizational skills    

• The ability to work independently and collaboratively with a team   

• Experience navigating and reporting sensitive issues or information with good judgment and diplomacy   

Dates of employment:   

Summer 2026 until end of Spring 2027 (August 10, 2026 – April 30, 2027). More information on Student Employee benefits can be found here.    

What we can offer:   

The hourly wage for this position starts at $24/hour for approximately 10-15 hours per week. Please note that some weeks may require more than 15 hours per week and may include weekends and/or evenings, particularly weeks with recruitment or community events, of which you will have ample advance notice.   

The University of Colorado does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, pregnancy, disability, creed, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, political affiliation, or political philosophy. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply. Click here for a list of ADA and Title IX coordinators. To view the Regent policy, please click here. This organization participates in E-Verify. We will provide the Social Security Administration and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security, with information from each employee's I-9 form to confirm work authorization.  

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